Unitary flag and banner standard



@CL 13, H LFRANCIS NITARY FLAGAND BANNER STANDARD Filed Jan. 23, 1953 1N VEN TOR.

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If it is desired that the pennant 30 depend from the standard vertically, as a banner, the element 26 is shifted Within the opening 28 to the position shown in Figure 1, as a result of which the edge of the flag that is connected to the bar 22 will be disposed horizontally.

If, however, it is desired that the pennant be supported upon the stal I8 in the regular manner, for flying of the flag (see Figure 2) the element 26 is shifted in one direction within the opening 23, until one end of the element is engaged against the staff. This will cause the bar 22 to extend longitudinally of the staif.

When the bar 22 has been adjusted to this second position thereof, the exible element 26 can be wound about a lateral projection or hook -32 provided upon the staff I8 a substantial distance below the opening 28. This will eliminate the slack in the exible element, and will hold both ends of the support bar to the staff, thus to lpermit the ag 30 to be flown in the regular manner.

Of course, if the flag and banner standard is to be disassembled for storage, it is merely necessary that one end of the flexible element 26 be disconnected from its associated end of the support bar 22, after which the bar and element can be removed completely from the staff I6. The staff can then be detached from its associated base I0, thereby permitting the several parts to be stored together in a relatively small area.

From the foregoing, it will be evident that there has been provided a unitary flag and banner standard in which a flexible element (cord 26) secured to a support bar (22) can be shifted so as to have a pennant depend from the support 4 bar as a banner or to extend horizontally therefrom as a flag, and a securing means to which the flexible element is secured when it is shifted so as to have the bar carry the pennant as a flag.

It is believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confined to the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may be utilized for any purpose to which it may be suited. Nor is the invention to be necessarily limited to the specific construction illustrated and described, since it is only .intended that the construction be illustrative of the principles of operation and the means presently devised to carry out said principles, it being understood that the invention comprehends any minor change in construction that may be permitted within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a unitary banner and flag standard, a staff, a flexible element supported intermediate its ends on said staff to shift transversely thereof, a support bar to which one edge of a banner is connected, said bar being connected at its ends to opposite ends of said element for adjustment to selected positions in one of which positions the bar is disposed transversely of the staff to support a banner and in the other of which positions the bar extends longitudinally of the staff to support a flag, responsive to shifting of the iiexible element upon the staff, and securing means provided upon said staif to which the flexible element is attached when the bar is shifted to its position longitudinally of the staff to support a flag.

HARIJS J. FRANCIS.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,254,524 Mink Jan. 22, 1918 1,626,913 Brown May 3, 1927 2,596,064 Bishop May 6, 1952 

